The Town launched its Facebook page on Wednesday of last week. Our page will allow us to interact with the community in new ways. At the time of this message we have just over 700 Facebook “fans.” You can find the Town on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/blacksburg.

Public Meeting on Ordinance 1546 – The Town is hosting a meeting this Wednesday regarding proposed changes to the Blacksburg Historic District and the powers of the Historic or Design Review Board. Staff is hosting the meeting to answer questions and make sure that the community has accurate information on the proposed changes. The meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers.

Wayfinding Sign Installation – Wayfinding sign installation began last week. The information provided on these signs directs visitors to local points of interest including the Municipal Complex, Police Department, Library, Lyric Theatre, Virginia Tech, Squires Student Center, the Huckleberry Trail, and the new Farmer’s Market. These signs will also provide directions to nearby parking facilities. Additional signs will be installed this week.

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7 Responses to Week in Review and tonight’s agenda January 26, 2010

The Mayors description of tonights meeting on ordinance 1546 sounds like the information flow is only to be in one direction. The notification property owners got in the mail, following the closing of Councils public hearing, did not indicate that was to be the case. Is this to only be a public relations event and not a chance for citizens to comment?

Yes I do. Once you interceded it was even fairly run. The one new thing I heard which stuck out was the consideration of new technology for replacement housing. I have been reading in Science Daily of all sorts of breakthroughs in solar and even in green paint technology. Are we saving cold, drafty stables in our nostalgia for the horse and buggy, and can we really afford to do that?

How about if my house burned down and I wanted to move Tech’s Lumnehaus here to live in green?

Of course a flow of information, but we had been told that our comments would be reported to Council filtered as usual by staff. Why don’t you come by to hear what the property owners have to say first hand? I hope you do not have more important things to do.